Shows how weak we are when this is arguably the best side we can get out but it isn`t even good enough to beat a Championship side.
I think we are in for a tough August and start to the season until we get bodies and quality through the door.
In the modern era, your only as good as your recruitment teams, which are now huge compared to years ago. It’s hard to compare the signings made at West Ham, as while Moyes will have signed off on a lot of them, their technical director / head...
A lot of people seem to think you click Buy and then put an offer in, click Continue and get a response by the afternoon. Contracts hashed out later that day and it's done by tomorrow
What do you think happens mate, there is a heap of players waiting by their phones waiting for us to call and say ok we're ready to bring you in now.
Procrastination? Do you think the recruitment team come in and say - we could work on transfers...
I don’t think we’ll sign anyone until we cone back from the states, mainly because players we want don’t really want to come us, we get used to as bait for other clubs. We’ll get what’s left and players get desperate.